US is defenseless.

It is my belief that early successful tests were staged. There is no reliable method to destroy incoming nuclear ballistic warheads. This is why
there has been no military action against North Korea despite threats of nuclear attack from their side.

So, you found a test about a new system and think of it as a failure for all of our antiballistic systems? Please try to make at least some logic in a
post that is easily debunked by just research. Check out our aegis sytem and our thaad sytem, then get back to us on how defenseless the US is.

I find it odd that this would lead anyone to assume we are defenseless,
this country is spending over half a trillion dollars a year on defense,
no other country on the planet spends even remotely close to what
we do. Yet somehow i continue to see people claim our military is
weak, cuts in military spending will spell doom, one project is not
going well therefore we everything must be bad.....

While i agree it would be nice to know this worked the way it was
intended to, we are far from defenseless......

Originally posted by Adaluncatif
This is why there has been no military action against North Korea despite threats of nuclear attack from their side.

North Korea doesn't have any missiles that can reach the US with any kind of payload, so why would this matter if it works or not? This isn't the
only ballistic missile defense system the US has. It's the one designed to stop ICBMs,.

North Korea can simply win a war with endless amount of troops to shoot US army troops.
They don't need missiles, and the ones you shoot at them, would only kill innocent people.

I suspect most of Korea's soldiers wouldn't be in Korea if they would attack the US.

Let me guess..you actually think it's possible for a country to successfully invade the mainland US?
I am not talking nuclear or some other attack but using those endless amounts of troops to shoot US Army troops.
The ground based elements of Red Dawn (either the original or the worse remake) are not tactically possible.

Why would anybody in their right mind attack the US anyway when they can just sit back and watch us slowly self destruct? Its not external forces
that will nail us, we'll choke to death on hubris and self righteousness. That's not to say everybody falls into that category, just the people who
"rule" over us.

Honestly, the only country that can successfuly beat the US is the US itself. No country can stand if it's population is against it. As soon as your
own army starts doubting their orders you are finished as a ruler. From there it's a natulal downward spiral of people waking up to the BS and there
is no system that can stop that bomb.

Star Wars can target an ICBM traveling at well over 1000 miles an hour with an accuracy rating + or - 3 inches (size of a bagel bite). It can target
up to 3 targets in 10 seconds and has over 100 active interception missles (some nuclear) to use.

We in the US keep the best technology to ourselves and sell the ones with less success to foreign nations.

The only way we are defenseless, is if the weapon is brought to our doorstep prior to launch (submarine, unchecked freighter etc.) Star wars needs a
few minutes to activate, so the missle would need to be airborn for a few minutes which ICBMs certainly are.

There are scenarios where we are weak and defenseless, but ICBMs are not one of them under the current environment (unless the planned attack included
dealing with Star Wars first).

Originally posted by Monkeygod333
Honestly, the only country that can successfuly beat the US is the US itself. No country can stand if it's population is against it. As soon as your
own army starts doubting their orders you are finished as a ruler. From there it's a natulal downward spiral of people waking up to the BS and there
is no system that can stop that bomb.

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If this was true, why has the United States never attacked a country that possessed weapons of mass destruction and long range missiles? Iraq didn't
have long range missiles, but they had weapons of mass destruction. The first war stopped short of Baghdad because chemical weapons scared the US.
It took 12 years of almost daily bombings, weapons inspections, and sanctions before the US had the courage to invade again, knowing that there was no
longer a threat. North Korea has weapons of mass destruction, but more importantly, they also have the means to deliver them. If antiballistic
missile systems work, Kim Jong Un would not be in power right now. Everyone here can talk all badass they want about how awesome US missile defenses
are, but actions speak louder than words. US actions suggest that these systems don't work.

You have a thing about Korea? All your threads are about it.
North was beat by US forces and without China we could do it in days,they would have to run underground and that would be a mistake too.
Look you have NO IDEA what the US has and really I can guess but I am sure you would not see the complete spectrum until it was REALLY needed.
Then you would see the offending country get dissected.

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